This is a ski resort in the Via Lattea area with an economy that is based on summer and winter tourism. In the Turin 2006 Olympic Games, the bobsleigh, luge, skeleton and biathlon events were held here.

COL DU GALIBIER

The Col du Galibier is one of the symbolic mountains of the Tour de France, second only to the Tourmalet for the number of crossings (77 to 59, since 1911). Nine Italians have been first to the top: Aimo (1924), Camusso (1932), Bartali (1937), Vicini (1938), Camellini (1947), Coppi (1952), Chioccioli (1992), Pantani (1998) and Garzelli (2003). At 2,645 metres, it is the highest peak ever reached by the French race and is the French equivalent of the Cima Coppi.

On the south side, there is a monument to the 19th-century cycling champion, Henry Desgrange, the first record holder (1893 - 35,325 metres) and the founder of the magazine Auto. He was one of the original promoters of the Tour de France in 1903 and one of its strongest backers for several decades.